and hurricane sandy, a lot of people who i talked to as they were leaving this ballroom were suggesting that was the game changer for the president. having just been in ohio for five days and talking to a lot of folks there, obviously the auto bailout not only in ohio but in wisconsin and michigan keys here. but in the end, it was a night for mitt romney where he won only one of those hotly contented battleground states. >> chris, it was interesting to me the governor sent a message to his supporters that says accept this defeat. you know, this happened. and there has been a concern -- frankly i was concerned that whichever side lost might not feel as if they lost. they would be so stunned they wouldn't think it was fair and square. it does look like at least in that room and the supporters in boston that they know they lost fair and square. >> well, they do. and i think in the minutes after, we heard the statements from mitch mcconnell and this confusion for an hour and a half. the question was is this going to get nasty before it was truly over? i have to say one of the first things t